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CONCEPT NOTEMECHANISATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Group MembersSlide2
Outline of Presentation
Introduction
Project Justification
Intervention Zones and Target Group
Main objectives of the project
Components, outputs and activities
Costing
Implementation strategy
Project organisation and management
Monitoring and evaluation
RisksSlide3
Introduction
MOFA’s FASDEP II seeks to among others:
M
odernise
agricultural sector through mechanisation
Ensure food
security and income diversification while
targeting 80%
small scale rice farmers and 20% emergent commercial rice farmers
FASDEP II ensures consistency with
Ghana
Shared Growth and Development Agenda
,
NEPAD’s
CAADP and the
MDGs
Under CAADP agriculture is expected to grow at 6% and 10% government budgetary allocationSlide4
Justification
Development Issues
Poor
mechanisation services
accessibility due to :
Low tractor-farmer ratio (1:1800, year
2000
)
Over aged machinery (over 15 years)
Inadequate mechanisation centres
Limited a
gricultural machinery for timely farming operations (harvesters, threshers, etc)
High initial
capital
investmentSlide5
Justification (Con’td)
Effects
Improper paddy field development
High postharvest losses
Low rice production yield
Drudgery
and
fatigue – youth no
longer interested in agriculture leaving
farming to
the aged
Reduce
effective productivity of the rice value chainSlide6
Justification (Con’td)
84 mechanisation centres established
nationwide to provide services to all categories of
farmers under
MOFA’s Accelerated Agricultural Mechanisation policy
.
However, number
is inadequate to cater for
high
demand of machinery services as well as having the full complement of machinery along the rice value chain.
Hence the need for mechanisation infrastructure developmentSlide7
Intervention zones and target groups
Mechanisation
centres will be established at all rice
growing areas:
Rain-fed
lowland,
rain-fed
upland,
irrigated fields
However
,
full
complement of machinery at centres will vary from rice ecologies.
(E.g. provision of animal traction in Northern
Ghana
to
serve as intermediate
technology).
Target
groups
Small and medium
scale rice farmers and processors in these areas.Slide8
Main objectives of the project
Global Objective:
To
make agricultural mechanization services readily available in a timely and affordable manner to farmers and processors to enhance food security.
Specific
Objectives:
Strengthen
and expand existing mechanisation services
centres
Support
the establishment of additional 100 mechanisation services centres in major rice growing districts.Slide9
Components
Four main components of the project:
Capacity
building for commercial management of
AMSECs
Improving
beneficiaries access to AMSEC
services
Machinery/equipment
maintenance at AMSECs
Coordination Slide10
Components, Outputs and Activities
Component
Output
Activities
Capacity building for commercial management of AMSECs
1.1 Training
manuals developed
1.1.1 Conduct training needs assessment for personnel
1.2 All personnel
trained
1.2.1
Train/Technical backstop (book keeping, proper handling/operation, etc)
1.3 All
categories of personnel recruited
1.3.1 Facilitate the recruitment of personnel (manager, engineer, financial officers, technician, mechanics, operators) to manage the centreSlide11
Component, Output & Activities (Con’td)
Component
Output
Activities
Improving beneficiaries access to AMSEC services
2.1 Suitable sites identified and selected
2.1.1 Conduct feasibility for identification and selection of suitable sites
2.2 100 private companies
identified and selected
2.2.1 Identify and select private companies for additional centres
2.3 Signed land
agreement and 100 mechanisation centres constructed
2.3.1 Negotiate for land use and construct mechanisation centres
2.4 AMSEC rehabilitated
2.4.1 Rehabilitate existing AMSEC
2.5 Mechanisation
centres equipped
2.5.1 Stock centres with requisite machinery along rice value chain
2.6 Farmers sensitised
2.6.1 Sensitise farmers of importance of mechanisation Slide12
Component, Output & Activities (con’td)
Component
Output
Activities
Machinery/equipment maintenance at AMSECs
3.1 Machinery
identified and introduced
3.1.1 Identify and introduce appropriate and suitable machinery along the value chain
3.2 AMSEC workshops
rehabilitated
3.2.1 Rehabilitate existing AMSEC workshops with up to date tools/equipment
3.3 Spare parts points set up
3.3.1 Facilitate the set up of spare parts points at operation areas of centres
3.4 Machinery/equipment maintained
3.4.1 Sensitise operators to carry out daily and routine maintenance on machinery/equipmentSlide13
Component, Output & Activities (Con’td)
Component
Output
Activities
Coordination
4.1 Meeting organised
4.1.1 Organise consultation meetings with stakeholders
4.2 Monitoring
visits carried out
4.2.1 Carry out monitoring and evaluation visitsSlide14
Costing
Component
Funds
allocated (US$)
Remarks (%)
Capacity building for commercial management of AMSECs
0.5
M
10
Improving beneficiaries access to AMSEC services
3.0 M
63
Machinery/equipment maintenance at AMSECs
1.0 M
21
Coordination
0.3 M
6
Total
4.8 M
100Slide15
Implementation strategy of the Project
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs
)
MMDAs
will be encouraged to apply some of their Common Fund to establish AMSECs in their districts
.
Private
Companies/Enterprise
Private Companies will own the centres
Managing Director, who may employ a team of Engineers, Technicians/Mechanics and operators to support the daily running and management of the
centre.
Stakeholders dialogue
MOFA
,
DPs, Financial Institutions, Mechanisation
Services
Providers,
Farmer Representatives and District Assembly will agree on charges for services
renderedSlide16
Project Organization and Management
Supervision
MOFA
will play supervisory role to ensure
that the machinery
are
applied effectively
Monitoring
MOFA shall institute effective monitoring procedures to ensure that best practices are adopted during the operation phase
Training
MOFA shall continue to offer
initial and periodic
and regular training in care handling and operation techniques to ensure extended operational lives of machinery and
equipment
General Operations
Private companies / District /Municipal Assemblies will man the centresSlide17
Monitoring and Evaluation
An M&E framework will be developed to track the progress/performance of the
centres based
on indicators every quarter.Slide18
Risks
Lack of other factors such as improved
seeds, rainfall, good agricultural practices, etc
could lead
to low production hence low earning for farmers
to afford mechanisation services.
Inadequate
and lack of machinery
to stock the
centres
High cost of borrowingSlide19
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